Improvement in co rn-sh ellers



J. P. SMITH.

Corn Sheller.v

, Patented May 6', 1862.

4,4 /ZZ U UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AN'IA.

lMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,185, dated May ti, 1869.

T0 (17/ 1'71 0112/ if may concern.-

lie it known that I,JI 1EI I.IIIAI I I. hiirrri, of llunnnelstown, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new ant'llmprovtiwl Machine for hhelling Corn; and

to let out the cobs as soon as all the grainsare shelled off. For this purpose it also has a shank or stem, 5, which slides in the bearings l I, a spring, 2), being" likewise added to hold f the breast-beam up to the slzelling-eylinder;

I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

' r a side elevation of my improved 1', and l ig. 2 is a plan theret'rtj'.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A suitable stand or bench, A, is provided, and the shelltrig-cylinder r! is mounted in standards 1 g thereon, the shaft turning in suitable bearings, ff. is provided. with suitable teeth for shellingot't' the grains, and may have a conical enlarge ment at one end, (notshown in thedraw 'ings) to insure the shelling" ot the tips of the ears.

The shellirig-cylinder It is worked by the crank 1' or by a t'readle, as

most convenient. It acts in connection with a shelling-lair, and a sliding or shitting breast-beam, n. V

The shelling-bar j has a shank or stem, r, which slides in brz'trine's l l, and has a spring, m, on it for forcing the bar toward the shelling-eylinder r], a stop, It, preventing its appreach too near to said cylinder. ing-bar serves to hold the ears of corn to the shelling-cylinder with suliicient force, the

spring in being designed to adapt the intermediate space to ditt'ermlt sizes ot the ears ot corn.

The shitting breast-beam 11 serves to sus- This shell- I tain the ears or corn while shelling and then also, a stop, 2, allows the breast-beam to ap' proach and remain closely to, without comingin contact with, the shelling cylinder. A handlever, o, is pivoted to the bench below, and thence extends upward through, or is otherwise attaehed to,-the breast-bea1n, to enable the operator to move the breast-beam away from the sht lling-cylinder to let out the eobs. There are oblique ribs 71 It on the upper surface of the breast-beam. These serve to hold the eobs from turning too readily and assist in shelling. They also serve, in connection with a eonical cnlzlrg'ement or bevel on one end ot the shelling-eylilider, (when used) to Force the ears of corn along" lengtlnvise against the same, to insure the shelling" ofthe tipsot' the ears.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The shi ti'ting breast -beam a, arranged and operating in combination with the shelling"- evlinder (l, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

L. The combination of the shelli ng-bar with the shelling-eylinder d and shifting breast:

beam 12, substantially as herein set forth.

JEREMIAH 1. SMITH.

Witnesses:

.IoIIN PHILLIrs, S12, JosEPH F. II'UMMEII, J oHN M. WHEELER. 

